> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://mariadb.com/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/5.2.6.md).

# MariaDB 5.2.6 Release Notes

The most recent release in the [MariaDB 5.2 series](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-5-2.md) is:[**MariaDB 5.2.14**](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/5.2.14.md)

[Download](https://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-5.2.6/) |**Release Notes** |[Changelog](/docs/release-notes/community-server/changelogs/changelogs-mariadb-52-series/mariadb-526-changelog.md) |[Overview of 5.2](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-5-2.md)

**Release date:** 12 May 2011

[MariaDB 5.2.6](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/5.2.6.md) is a [Stable release](/docs/release-notes/community-server/about/release-criteria.md). In general this means there are no known serious bugs and we believe the code is ready for general usage. A "stable" MariaDB release is equivalent to a MySQL "GA" release.

For a high-level description of [MariaDB 5.2.6](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/5.2.6.md) see the [What is MariaDB 5.2](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-5-2.md) page.

For a list of every change made in [MariaDB 5.2.6](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/5.2.6.md), including the various bugs that were fixed and links to detailed information on each push, see the [MariaDB 5.2.6 Changelog](/docs/release-notes/community-server/changelogs/changelogs-mariadb-52-series/mariadb-526-changelog.md). For a high-level description of [MariaDB 5.2](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-5-2.md) see the [MariaDB 5.2 Overview](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-5-2.md) page.

In most respects [MariaDB](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/) will work exactly as MySQL: all commands, interfaces, libraries and APIs that exist in MySQL also exist in MariaDB.

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MariaDB may already be included in your favorite OS distribution. More information can be found on the [Distributions which Include MariaDB](/docs/general-resources/distributions-including-mariadb.md) page.

[MariaDB 5.2.6](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/5.2.6.md) contains the following changes:

## Includes Updates from MySQL 5.1

MariaDB includes a merge from MySQL 5.1 bazaar trunk. This merge does not correspond to a particular version of MySQL, but includes part of MySQL\
5.1.57 and part of 5.1.58. The actual revision merged is`revid:nirbhay.choubey@oracle.com-20110427115410-vpeshiv6u5snkvzi` and the changes can be found in the source at [Revision #2643.124.2](https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~maria-captains/maria/5.2/revision/2643.124.2) .

## Includes XtraDB 5.1.56-12.7

We have included [XtraDB](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/innodb/mariadb-enterprise-server-innodb-operations/innodb-unmaintained/about-xtradb.md) from Percona Server 5.1.56-12.7 in this version of MariaDB. See the Percona Server[release notes](https://www.percona.com/docs/wiki/percona-server:release_notes_51) for what changes were made upstream by Percona since Percona Server\
5.1.54-12.5 (the version of XtraDB included in [MariaDB 5.2.5](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/5.2/5.2.5.md)).

## Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty" Packages Now Available

In this version of MariaDB we have started building .deb packages for Ubuntu\
11.04 "Natty Narwhal". Both i386 and x86\_64 packages are available.

See [Installing MariaDB .deb Files](/docs/server/server-management/install-and-upgrade-mariadb/installing-mariadb/binary-packages/installing-mariadb-deb-files.md) for information how to setup your Debian or Ubuntu system to use the new repositories.

## 64-bit Packages for Windows

In addition to packages for 32-bit Windows, we now also have 64-bit Windows packages in this version of MariaDB.

## New Windows MSI Installer

In this version of MariaDB we have done a lot of work on our Windows builds and we have created a new MSI installer for MariaDB which has lots of improvements over the old .exe installer.

See [Installing MariaDB MSI Packages on Windows](/docs/server/server-management/install-and-upgrade-mariadb/installing-mariadb/binary-packages/installing-mariadb-msi-packages-on-windows.md) for more details and instructions on how to use the new installer.

## Improved Windows ZIP Packages

The Windows ZIP package has been improved in this version of MariaDB. See [Installing MariaDB Windows ZIP packages](/docs/server/server-management/install-and-upgrade-mariadb/installing-mariadb/binary-packages/installing-mariadb-windows-zip-packages.md) for more details.

## New Windows-specific mysql\_install\_db

A Windows-specific version of mysql\_install\_db is being introduced in the\
Windows builds of this version of MariaDB. `mysql_install_db.exe` is comparable to the shell script `mysql_install_db` that is used on Unix-like platforms, but with several Windows-specific enhancements.

See the [mysql\_install\_db.exe](/docs/server/server-management/install-and-upgrade-mariadb/installing-mariadb/installing-system-tables-mariadb-install-db/mariadb-install-db-exe.md) page for details.

## Windows Upgrade Wizard

In this version of MariaDB there is an upgrade wizard for converting MySQL instances to MariaDB.

See [Upgrading MariaDB on Windows](/docs/server/server-management/install-and-upgrade-mariadb/upgrading/platform-specific-upgrade-guides/upgrading-mariadb-on-windows.md) for instructions on using the upgrade wizard.

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